Photos: With sparse footfall in polling booths Mumbai disappoints

While the voter turnout increased by almost 10 percent, Mumbai’s desolate voting booths give a different impression.

[caption id=“attachment_149586” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] While most states polling today saw voters queuing up to cast their ballots, in Dharavi, Mumbai (pictured here) the dearth of voters was evident. Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149586” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] With election officials ready to verify voter registations, few turned up to cast their ballots in the scorching heat. Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing.[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149586” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Election officials verify names on voter lists as Mumbai went to polls today. Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149587” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] As voter IDs were verified, a steady stream of voters formed to cast their ballots in Bandra (East), Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149587” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Mumbai police officers sit in the shade and monitor proceedings at polling booths in Bandra (East). Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149588” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Voters in Shivaji Nagar stand in lines to get their IDs verified as they cast their ballots. Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_149588” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Balmohan Vidhyamandir, a school in Shivaji Nagar which was one of the polling centers saw hardly an footfalls as the day progessed. Vivek Desai/ Network18 Publishing[/caption]